Cooking appliance



P. BELTRAM 1,989,224

COOKING APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 16, 1955 2 sheets-sheet 1 Jan. 29, 1935.

Jan. 29, 1935. P. BELTRAM COOKING APPLIANCE Filed Dec. 16, 1953 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f l Sltrnrnfgs.

Patented Jan. 29, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COOKING APPLIANOE Peter Bertram, ouuom, 111. Application December 16, 1933, serial No. 702,805

1 Claim.

This invention aims to provide a cooking utensil into which a heating element is built, in combinationv with a'cooking table so constituted as to accommodate the cooking utensil, novel means being `provided for affording an electrical connection between the heating element of the cookingv yutensil and the source of current supply which is carried by the table. Another object of the invention is to improve the construction of the table or stand so thatit will house the conductors, and render the conductors and 4parts associated therewith readily accessible.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains. v

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 shows in top plan, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation;

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section with parts in elevation;

Fig. 4 is a fragmental horizontal section.

Fig. 5 is an end elevation showing a slight modication.

The device forming the subject matter of this application preferably is made of metal throughout, saving as otherwise specified. It embodies a stand, which, as a whole, is designated by the letter S. The stand S includes front legs 1, which may be angle members. The inwardly-extended forward anges of the front legs 1 may be connected by a rail 2. The lower portion of a front plate 3 is overlapped on the upper portion of the rail 2, as shown in Fig. 3. Securing elements 4 connect the ends of the front plate 3 with the inwardly-extended forward flanges of the front legs 1. At its upper end, the front plate 3 has a backwardly extended horizontal flange 5. The rear legs 6 of the stand S also may be angle members. To the inwardly-extended flanges of the rear legs 6, a back plate 7 is attached after the manner shown at 4 in Fig. 2, in connection with the front plate 3. End members 8 are attached by securing devices 9 to the rearwardly-extended flanges of the front legs 1, and to the forwardly- (Cl. 21S- 37) extended flanges of the rear legs 6. At their rear ends, the members 8 have upstanding portions 10.

A top section or plate 11 is provided and extends backwardly across the upper edges of the upstanding portions l of the end members 8. At its rear edge, the top section 11 has a depending fiange 17 located in the same vertical plane with the back plate 7. At its forward edge, the top section 11 has a depending Wing 12. The wing l2 is supplied at its lower yedge with a forwardlyextended flange 14, located in the same plane with the flange on the upper edge of the' -front -plate 3. A table l5 is supported on the flanges 14 and 5 and is connected thereto by securing elements 16. A closure plate 18 abuts against the flange 17 and against the back plate 7 and is attached to these parts by securing devices 19.

The structure as thus far described embodies a frame forming an open bottomed compartment 20 carrying a vertical box-like extension 21 at its rear.

Switches 22 of any desired construction are attached by securing members 24 to the rear surface of the front plate 3. The controlling devices 25 for the switches 22 extend outwardly through the front plate- 3, and, therefore, are readily accessible to an operator, as Fig. 2 will show.

The conductors 26 which carry the current to each switch 22 are enclosed within a sheath 27. The conductors which carry the current from each switch 22 are marked by the numeral 28 and are located within a sheath 29. The conductors 28 are housed in the compartment 20 and its extension 21.

Two part insulators 30 are provided and the constituent portions of the insulators 30 are held together by securing members 31. Each insulator 30 has a flange 32 attached by fastening devices 33 to the rear surface of the wing 12 which forms the front wall of the extension 21 of the compartment 20. The insulators 30 have necks 34 extending forwardly through holes 35 in the front section 1l. Conducting tongues 36 are located within the insulators 30 and are secured at 37 to the conductors 28. The tongues 36 extend into the necks 34, and are readily accessible from the front of the wing 12, although the said tongues, being housed within the necks 34 of the insulators 30, cannot be touched by an operator, the chance of shock or electrocution being thereby avoided.

The numeral 38 marks a cooking utensil of any desired kind, in the bottom of which is located a heating unit 39, housed. in a recess formed in the lower portion of the utensil. The utensil 38 is supported at 41, in any desired way, on the table portion 15 of the stand S. The heating unit 39 of the utensil 38 has rearwardly-extended terminals 42, passing through insulating members 43 carried by the rear wall 44 of a recess 45 in the utensil 38.

The operation of the device is very simple. The utensil 38 simply is placed on the table l5 and is shoved backwardly until the terminals 42 of the heating unit 39 in the utensil are in electrical contact with the tongues 36, whereupon, if vthe InAFig. 5, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by numerals previously used, with the sux a, The stand Sa is devoid of the Y legs 1 and 6, so that it may be placed readily on a table or counter. The cooking utensil 38a may vr,be'of conventional form, having a i'lat bottom adapted to rest directly on the table 15a, the

yother features hereinbefore described being retained.

VI-Iaving thus described the invention, what is claimed is: i

The conductors @27,-28 are housed within the body portion of the Vstand and are out ofview.

A stand comprising a back plate, a front plate provided at its upper edge with a rearwardly prolonged first liange, end plates, means for joining all of said plates together to form an open bottomed compartment, the end plates having upwardly prolonged parts at their rear ends, the said upwardly prolonged parts forming a vertical extension of the compartment, a top section assembled with said upwardly prolonged parts and closing the top lof the extension, the Vtop section being provided on its rear edge with a depending second flange, the top section being provided on its forward edge with a depending integral vWing closing the front of the extension and having a forwardly-extended third flange, a removable table supported on the first and third flanges, Lthe table closing the top of the compartment, a removable closureV overlapped on the back plate table, and a connector mounted on the wing and prolonged backwardly into the extension, means for securing the table to the rst and third flanges detachably, to give access to the switch, and

means for securing the closure plate to the back plate and to the second flange detachably to give access to the connector.

PETER BELTRAM` 

